Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Thinking Quotes, Writing Quotes

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents,...

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents,...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals.

Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals.

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the...

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the...

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator,...

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator,...

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

If someone constantly makes you unhappy, then you must build up the courage to let...

If someone constantly makes you unhappy, then you must build up the courage to let...

I don't know how you say good-bye to whom and what you love. I don't...

I don't know how you say good-bye to whom and what you love. I don't...